Advertising closet-seat cover.



L. D. CASTLE. ADVERTISING CLOSET SEAT COVER.

APPLIOATION FILED DEG.14, 1908.

Patented Mar. 15,1910.

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LEWIS D. CASTLE, OF BARBERTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO DOUGLAS F.SMITH, OF BARBERTON, OHIO.

ADVERTISING CLOSET-SEAT COVER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS D. CASTLE, a resident of Barberton, inthecounty of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Advertising Closet-Seat Covers, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to covers for closets or commodes and moreparticularly to such closets or commodes which are not provided withrunning water, such as universally used in the country and small towns.

The object of the invention is to provide a cover for the openings ofsuch closets which is permanently attached to the seat in order toinsure the opening being closed and the closet rendered more sanitarythan at present.

A further object is to provide covers which can be very cheaply suppliedin order to insure their universal use and which serve other purposesthan merely as a cover for the opening.

To this end the invention comprises a cover permanently hinged to a basestrip, whereby the same can be secured to the seat so that it can bequickly applied thereto, and provided on its upper surface withattention attracting matter which can serve the purpose of anadvertisement and which preferably is put on in a permanent form.

The invention also comprises certain other features of construction andarrangement hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a plan View of the closet seatshowing the manner of application of the cover thereto; Fig. 2 is anenlarged plan view of one of the covers and base strip; Fig. 3 is asection on the line 33, Fig. 2; and Fig. e is a section showing amodification.

In the drawings 1 indicates the closet seat provided with two openings 3as is the usual custom and each closed by a cover l. These covers arehinged so as to swing upwardly in opposite directions, that is, awayfrom each other, or toward the ends of the seat. Each cover is hinged byhinges 5 to a base strip 6. Preferably the hinges will be secured to thecover and base strip by means of rivets so as to give a permanentconnection.

The cover and base strip are made and assembled at the factory and soldas such. The base strip is provided with holes 8,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 14,1908.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

Serial No. 467,555.

so that the cover can be fastened to the seat by ordinary wood screws.Consequently the covers can be applied very quickly and by very simplemeans.

Fig. at shows a modification in which the base strip 6 is dispensedwith, and the butts of the hinges are offset or depressed as at 9 sothat they can be secured directly to the seat 1.

The cover and base strip will be formed of any suitable material, butpreferably of pressed or molded fiber such as indurate fiber which isvery tough and strong, and is water and weather proof and very durable.In order-to bring these articles to a very low price it is the intentionto provide the same with suitable advertising matter on the up persurface, such as indicated at 10. This advertising matter will beapplied to the cover so that it cannot be readily defaced or removedsuch as providing the cover with grooves which are filled with metallicpaint 12 or other inlay matter of dis tinctly different color from thecover, so that ordinary friction due to cleaning and use cannot wear thepaint off. The advertisements or other attention attracting design willbe located with the top toward the hinge edge of the cover, as isapparent from Fig. 2, so as to be readily observable and in a positionto'be easily read. On account of the advertising matter, for theprivilege of which the advertisers will pay, the cost of the articledescribed can be brought down to a very small figure, and thereby insurethese articles being very extensively used. The cover serves a two-foldpurpose, the one as a cover to render the closet more sanitary and theother as an advertising device.

Any suitable material may be used for the cover, and I am not limited tofiber such as described, although the latter is preferred on account ofits du "able and water proof qualities and the facility of applying theilllay advertising characters thereon, the grooves for these charactersbeing pressed simultaneously with the molding of the fiber board.

That I claim is:

1. A device of the character described comprising an imperforate rigidcover, and hinges attached to one side thereof whereby said cover can besecured to a seat to swing toward the end of the latter, said coverbeing provided with attention attracting characters Whose tops aretOWZUTl the hinges whereby said characters may be readily read by aperson seated by the side of said cover.

2. A device of the character described, comprising an iniperforate rigidcover of fiber board provided with molded grooves on its upper surface,and filling in said grooves of a difi'erent color than said cover, and ahinged securing member attached to said cover.

3. In a device of the character described,

the combination of seat provided with a plurality of openings and coverstherefor provided with attention attracting devices hinged to said seatand opening upwardly in opposite directions and toward the ends of theseat.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

LEVIS D. CASTLE. lVitnesses LEONARD W. KLEIN, CLARENCE P. LAB.

